Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Operation/Programming

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Programming with ShopMill 10.04
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3-276 SINUMERIK 840D/840Di/810D Operation/Programming ShopMill (BAS) – 10.04 Edition
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Contour retraction
Contour approach
Contour approach/retraction along semi-circle with CW rotating spindle and
conventional milling operation
Machining type
You can select the machining mode for milling the circular spigot as
follows:
• Roughing
Roughing involves moving round the spigot until the programmed
finishing allowance has been reached.
• Finishing
If you have programmed a finishing allowance, the spigot is
moved round until depth Z1 is reached.
• Chamfer
Chamfering involves edge breaking at the upper edge of the
circular spigot.
Select with softkey
Spigot >
Circular
spigot
Call help display with
the
key
Help display for milling a circular spigot

Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Specifications

General

Series	SINUMERIK 840D
Axes	Up to 31
Channels	Up to 10
Operating System	Windows-based
Power Supply	24 V DC
Control Unit Type	CNC
Interface	Ethernet, PROFIBUS
Display	TFT color display
Interpolation	Spline
PLC	Integrated PLC
Data Storage	CompactFlash, USB